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title: "Chick-fil-A To Begin Testing Delivery-Centric Restaurant Template"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/fa918839-a4bc-40e5-b431-f002836d93ed
source: "1851 Franchise"
original_url: https://1851franchise.com/chick-fil-a-to-begin-testing-delivery-centric-restaurant-template-2708114
category: "Chicken"
industry: "Restaurants"
segment: "Chicken"
published: 2018-10-09T20:15:01.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T02:36:00.616Z
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# Chick-fil-A To Begin Testing Delivery-Centric Restaurant Template

**TL;DR:** Chick-fil-A is testing delivery-centric restaurant prototypes in Louisville and Nashville, focusing on delivery and catering offerings. The new restaurants will have more kitchen space and no traditional dining rooms or drive-thrus.

*originally published in 1851 Franchise on 2018-10-09. [Read the original](https://1851franchise.com/chick-fil-a-to-begin-testing-delivery-centric-restaurant-template-2708114).*

## Story

Chick-fil-A recently announced plans to open new restaurant prototypes in Louisville, Kentucky and Nashville, Tennessee later this month that will focus on delivery and catering offerings.

Though their formats are not identical, both restaurants forgo the franchise brand’s traditional dining rooms and drive-thru layout for more kitchen space to act as a hub for food-to-go orders via delivery and catering while still serving Chick-fil-A’s full menu offering. Customers can order delivery from the locations through DoorDash and can also place orders for pickup through the company’s mobile app.

The Louisville location will focus solely on preparing catering and delivery orders, while the Nashville location accepts walk-up orders and is cash-free. The brand says the new restaurants won’t affect the offerings at any other Chick-fil-A locations in the area.

“Customers are relying more on mobile delivery and this new location helps us provide that convenience,” Nashville franchisee Will Sims said in the article.

## Entities

- 1851 Franchise (publication)
- Restaurants (sector)
- DoorDash (company)
- Chick-fil-A (company)
- Nashville (location)
- Louisville (location)
- catering offerings (topic)
- mobile delivery (topic)
- delivery-centric restaurant (topic)
- restaurant template (topic)

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Originally reported by 1851 Franchise (https://1851franchise.com/chick-fil-a-to-begin-testing-delivery-centric-restaurant-template-2708114). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/fa918839-a4bc-40e5-b431-f002836d93ed).